#(also. i had to sneak in the gambler live clip because it made me realize

[dreamaze]

Middle of the Night / You Can’t Hold My Heart / Night View / Last Carnival / Sorry I’m Not Sorry / BEBE / Rotate / Just love / Ride with U / One Day / Better / Blame Me / Blow Your Mind / Burning Up / Wildfire / AND / If with U / Late Night Feels / Beautiful Liar / Bonus: Gambler (2023 Fancon ver.)

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While contemplating what a feat it will be to pare down all my favorite Changkyun musical moments in his eventual full (rap + vocal) compilation, I decided to console myself with a separate post dedicated to his vocal (melodic) introductions in songs. In other words, any time he is the first main voice heard, and he is singing rather than rapping. To the best of my knowledge, this is every MX song that met those parameters to me. I didn’t expect it to be 19 songs, and I didn’t expect this to be over 6 minutes long (although I did consciously make the choice to include the entire instrumental beginnings).

I will save the full ramble rant reflection for that future, full compilation, but I just have to say here (as if it is not obvious every time the #wings bari agenda possesses my keyboard) that I LOVE his vocal timbre. His is actually the voice in mx most likely and with little effort to make me want to swallow a bucket of glass or eat a wall. Changkyun may not be a “main vocalist” by the kpop genre’s standards and preferences, but he is my beloved gentle baritone, he is irreplaceable, he is one of a kind.

(No one asked, but my absolute favorites from this list are Beautiful Liar, all the ones from Shape of Love, If with U, One Day... Blow Your Mind... ok it's hard to pick favorites beyond that because I love them all.)

I'll leave you with some words of wisdom from the king himself.